MY LIFE'S IN JEOPARDY
MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD
IS WHAT I'M GONNA BE
I HAVEN'T BEEN HOME SINCE
FRIDAY NIGHT
AND NOW MY WIFE
IS COMIN' AFTER ME...
The Who
have kicked off
their farewell tour,
but that doesn’t mean
the music is over.
The iconic rock band
has opened up its archive
to release
Live at The Oval 1971,
which captures
the quartet at
the height of
their powers.
While bootlegs have circulated
over the last five decades,
it’s the first-ever
official recording
of their set at
George Harrison’s
legendary fundraiser.
“With 35,000 in attendance,
on
September 18, 1971
The Who headlined
‘Goodbye Summer:
A Rock Concert
in aid of
Famine Relief
for the People
of Bangladesh’
at The Oval
cricket ground in
Kennington, South London,”
the band’s website explains.
“Newly mixed from
the original 8-track analog
multi-track tapes,
this concert shows
The Who
continuing their dominance
as the top
live rock band
of the era.”
By 1971,
The Who
had released five albums:
My Generation,
A Quick One,
The Who Sell Out,
Tommy,
and
Who’s Next.
With that in mind,
it makes sense
that the band’s set
from The Oval
reads more like a
greatest hits album
than a standard gig.
The quartet of
Roger Daltrey,
Pete Townshend,
Keith Moon,
and
John Entwistle
is on fire
as they tear through
“Won’t Get Fooled Again,”
“Behind Blue Eyes,”
“Substitute,”
“Magic Bus,”
and Much more.
It’s another opportunity
to marvel at the genius
of the
"The OX"
Entwistle,
whose bass is,
fortunately,
high in the mix.
First,
listen to
“My Generation”
from the set,
which has all the fervor
and wild abandon
you could want.
Entwistle put a
new spin on
his iconic solo breaks.
Another highlight features
The Ox
taking the helm for
“My Wife,”
which was released on
Who’s Next
just a month before
this concert.
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